Thriving independent film _{by Isabella Smith}

A man walks home only to discover he has started floating slightly above the ground... Detective Rothin investigates an otherworldly body found on a beach... A Peeping Tom discovers that someone watches her while she watches others.

On the 11^th of April at the Embassy Theatre, Snap Shot Shorts is returning with its second season of highly anticipated short films that are bigger, bolder, and all created by over 200 Pōneke creatives. Piggybacking off the success of their first season in 2024, Snap Shot Shorts selected six scripts that have since transformed into the remarkable films showing on the night, including The Sarah Lockhart Show directed by Flynn Biara Allen, Fine Salmon Is A Sure Sign Of Living directed by Oliver Roozen, and When Cheese Is On Sale directed by Ash Kelliher.

Little Lizards Productions and Snap Shot Shorts emerged out of the gap between young filmmakers and the tough film industry in the midst of the pandemic and Hollywood writers’ strikes. The brainchild of Elizabeth Hodgson and Shayden Lowrey, each month a short film was greenlit and assigned to a director and crew, made up of filmmakers from various experience levels. Their kaupapa has never been defined by narrative, and no two crews are ever the same. It has since grown into a lively network that is moulding the industry into something new. All proceeds go toward taking the films to wider audiences, so head to the Embassy Theatre and support Pōneke’s thriving independent film community.